Mr. Vetmx,
Some very good points, I notice you have referred to the skunk as he, not going astray here...the only skunks I ever have issues with are the females. If I get one that takes up residence around my sheds, a parade of love sick males show up, they fight and spray each other and cause me massive amounts of aggravation. If I can eliminate the female my problem is solved. My aim point has been a 50/50 favorable result at best!!! Brain hits versus vitals, sometimes I get lucky, some times OMG...how can anything that looks that awesome smell so evil.
My eldest son's high school graduation 25 years ago was horrific, he actually agreed to wear some nice new dress clothes at the ceremony...(he is part feral) well the skunk fest fixed all of us, no amount of washing, perfume or old wife's tale remedies helped. We all smelled so exotic we sat in the back row and I said loudly, gee it smells like a skunk got run over at a Channel # 5 tanker truck wreck (luckily, the ceremony was outdoors). Poor guy will never forget that night.
Good luck with your pesting, stay healthy and safe
Arrowhead1951